22 lessons across 4 phases — from understanding how search works to writing and optimizing content that ranks. Every lesson includes practical workflows using RankAudit, RankLaunch, and RankWriter Pro.
You'll learn: Find keywords your audience actually searches for — intent, volume, competition — and build your first keyword map using RankLaunch.
🔒 Complete lesson 1 first
Day 3
On-Page SEO Fundamentals
⏱ 12 minRankAudit
You'll learn: Optimise every on-page element: title tags, meta descriptions, H1-H3 hierarchy, image alt text, and semantic keyword density.
🔒 Complete lesson 2 first
Day 4
Technical SEO Basics
⏱ 12 minRankAudit
You'll learn: Learn the technical SEO basics that affect rankings — crawlability, page speed, mobile-first indexing, and the RankAudit checks every site needs.
🔒 Complete lesson 3 first
Day 5
Google Search Console: Your Free SEO Dashboard
⏱ 12 minRankAudit
You'll learn: Set up Google Search Console correctly, read your performance data, and use GSC to identify ranking opportunities you're currently missing.
🔒 Complete lesson 4 first
Day 6
Understanding Backlinks & Why They Matter
⏱ 12 minRankLinks
You'll learn: Understand backlinks — what makes a link valuable, how domain authority is built, and the link-building basics that apply to every website.
Create content that ranks — briefs, on-page optimisation, internal linking, and content refresh.
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Day 7
How to Write Content That Actually Ranks
⏱ 12 minRankWriter Pro
You'll learn: Learn what makes content rank — search intent alignment, depth, readability, and the RankWriter Pro workflow that produces ranking articles every time.
🔒 Complete lesson 6 first
Day 8
Understanding Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs)
⏱ 12 minRankAudit
You'll learn: Read the SERPs like an expert — featured snippets, People Also Ask, Knowledge Panels, Image Packs, and how to target each SERP feature.
🔒 Complete lesson 7 first
Day 9
How to Create a Content Brief Before You Write
⏱ 12 minRankWriter Pro
You'll learn: Create content briefs that any writer can execute — H structure, semantic keywords, word count, internal link targets, and source requirements.
🔒 Complete lesson 8 first
Day 10
Internal Linking Strategy for SEO
⏱ 12 minRankAudit
You'll learn: Build an internal linking strategy that flows PageRank to your most important pages and eliminates orphan content.
🔒 Complete lesson 9 first
Day 11
Content Refresh Strategy: Revive Old Articles
⏱ 12 minRankWriter Pro
You'll learn: Learn the content refresh strategy — how to identify stalled pages, what updates move the needle, and the prioritisation framework that maximises ROI.
🔒 Complete lesson 10 first
Day 12
E-E-A-T and Building Author Authority
⏱ 12 minRankAIO
You'll learn: Understand E-E-A-T in practical terms — author credentials, first-hand experience, expert citations, and the signals that withstand Google's quality review.
Go deeper with E-E-A-T, keyword difficulty, schema markup, copywriting, and analytics.
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Day 13
Keyword Difficulty Analysis: Can You Rank?
⏱ 12 minRankLaunch
You'll learn: Assess keyword difficulty honestly — match it to your domain rating, identify where you can realistically win, and avoid wasting content budget on unwinnable targets.
🔒 Complete lesson 12 first
Day 14
Long-Tail Keyword Strategy: Fast Traffic for New Sites
⏱ 12 minRankLaunch
You'll learn: Build a long-tail keyword strategy that compounds — find the low-competition terms nobody else is writing about and build topical authority systematically.
🔒 Complete lesson 13 first
Day 15
SEO Copywriting: Write Words That Rank and Convert
⏱ 12 minRankWriter Pro
You'll learn: Write copy that ranks and converts — the principles of SEO copywriting, persuasive structure, and how to serve both the reader and the algorithm.
🔒 Complete lesson 14 first
Day 16
Building a Content Calendar That Actually Gets Used
⏱ 12 minRankWriter Pro
You'll learn: Build a content calendar that actually gets executed — prioritisation, publishing cadence, and the editorial workflow that keeps production consistent.
You'll learn: Build pillar pages and topic clusters — the architecture that signals topical authority and earns Google's trust for entire subject areas.
🔒 Complete lesson 16 first
Day 18
Schema Markup for Beginners: Rich Results Explained
⏱ 12 minRankAudit
You'll learn: Deploy schema markup for articles, FAQs, and how-tos — the structured data that earns rich results and improves SERP click-through rates.
Apply everything to an SEO and content plan — eCommerce, tools, and your 90-day launch strategy.
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Day 19
SEO for eCommerce: Ranking Product & Category Pages
⏱ 12 minRankLaunch
You'll learn: Apply SEO to e-commerce — product pages, category pages, commercial intent keywords, and the technical requirements unique to online stores.
🔒 Complete lesson 18 first
Day 20
SEO Analytics & Reporting: Measure What Matters
⏱ 12 minRankAudit
You'll learn: Set up GA4 and Search Console reporting — organic traffic attribution, keyword-level revenue data, and the dashboards that prove your SEO is working.
🔒 Complete lesson 19 first
Day 21
SEO Tools Overview: Your Essential Toolkit
⏱ 12 minRankAudit
You'll learn: Get introduced to the core Rankar tools — RankAudit, RankWriter Pro, RankLaunch, RankTracker, RankLinks, and how each fits into your SEO workflow.
🔒 Complete lesson 20 first
Day 22
Your First 90-Day SEO Plan: From Zero to First Rankings
⏱ 12 minRankAIO
You'll learn: Build your personalised 90-day SEO and content plan — target keywords, content calendar, technical fix roadmap, link-building strategy, and measurement framework.
After completing SEO Content Mastery, you'll be able to build and execute complete SEO and content workflows from keyword planning to publication and optimization, then run a structured 90-day growth plan with confidence.
A new e-commerce site with no traffic and no SEO knowledge
🏆 From 0 to 2,400 monthly organic visitors in 90 days using the track framework
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Completed full keyword research — 80 target keywords across 5 product categories
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Fixed 11 technical SEO issues found by RankAudit — crawlability, page speed, missing meta tags
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Published 8 blog articles targeting informational queries — 5 reached page 1 in 60 days
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Built internal linking structure connecting blog content to product category pages
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Deployed Product and FAQ schema — 3 pages earned rich results within 30 days
Common questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. Lessons 1-6 start from absolute zero — how Google works, what keywords are, and how to find them. No prior SEO experience required.
SEO Foundations gives you 10 lessons on core SEO theory. SEO Content Mastery gives you 22 lessons combining SEO and content production — it goes deeper into writing, keyword strategy, schema, and your 90-day action plan.
Multiple — RankAudit, RankLaunch, RankWriter Pro, RankTracker, and RankLinks. Each lesson specifies which tool is needed. All free tiers are sufficient to complete every exercise.
Yes. Complete the 10-question assessment with 70%+ to earn your SEO Content Mastery certificate.
22 lessons at 12 minutes each is about 4.5 hours total. Most students spread it over 3-4 weeks. The 90-day action plan in Lesson 22 gives you a structured next step.
Yes. This track is designed as a comprehensive foundation. You can run it in parallel with Keyword Strategy or Technical SEO — but if you're completely new, we recommend finishing this one first.
SEO Content Mastery Assessment
Test What You've Learned.
10 questions covering SEO and content fundamentals, technical optimization, intent mapping, and ranking workflows. Score 70%+ to unlock your certificate. You can retry as many times as you like.
Q1 of 10
What is the relationship between SEO and content?
SEO without content produces nothing to rank. Content without SEO produces pages nobody finds. Combined, they create a compounding system where each piece of optimised content builds sustainable organic traffic.
What is "on-page SEO"?
On-page SEO covers everything within your control on the page itself — all the signals Google reads when deciding where to rank it relative to competing pages.
What is Google Search Console primarily used for?
Google Search Console shows you exactly how Google is crawling, indexing, and ranking your pages — the most direct feedback loop between your site and Google available for free.
What is "keyword research" in practice?
Keyword research is the process of discovering the actual language people use in search, then mapping those terms to content that satisfies the intent behind them.
What does "indexing" mean?
Indexing is when Google processes a crawled page and adds it to its searchable database. Only indexed pages can rank — if a page isn't indexed, it doesn't exist in search.
What is a "content brief" and why use one?
Briefs prevent guesswork by specifying exactly what a piece of content needs to cover before writing begins — improving quality, reducing rewrites, and ensuring keyword alignment.
What is "internal linking"?
Internal links help Googlebot discover all your pages, pass PageRank between them, and signal which pages are most important — a critical but often neglected on-page factor.
What is RankWriter Pro's primary role in content creation?
RankWriter Pro combines content scoring (benchmarking vs top-ranking pages), AI-assisted writing, and brief generation — helping writers produce ranking-quality content efficiently.
What is the goal of "content optimisation"?
Content optimisation improves existing pages by strengthening their relevance, depth, and quality signals relative to what's currently ranking — often faster to see results than publishing new content.
Why do beginners benefit from combining SEO and content learning together?
Learners who study SEO in isolation create technically optimised but empty pages. Those who study content without SEO create brilliant pieces nobody finds. Combining them from the start avoids both failure modes.
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